Cigar-holder.



1. v.' RowA-N & A. ZAMRSKY.

CIGAR HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED ^PR.23,'.'|9|2 MMHW Patented July 6, 1915.

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Speciication of Letters Patent.

Patented July n, 1915..

Application led April 23, 1.912. Serial No. 692,553.

- ADOLPH ZAMRSKY, citizen of the United elevation.

States and subject of Austria, respectively,

residing at Fort Stevens, in the county of Clatsop and State of Oregon, have invented new and useful Improvements in Cigar- Holders, of which the following is a speci fication. i

rlhis invention relates to cigar holders, the object in view being to provide a holder or receptacle forcontaining the major p0rtion of the cigar and gathering and retaining therein the ashes and smoke, while the extremity of the cigar is allowed to protrude through the adjacent end of the holder so as to be held in the mouth of the sm'oker in the usual way. The construction of the vholder thus allows the smoker to enjoy the full flavor of the cigarA while preventing any possibility of the smoke escaping so as to injure or aect the eyes, the holder also acting as a repository for the residue in the shape of ashes.

With the above and other objects in view the invention consists in. the novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts as hereinafter fully described illustrated and claimed.

. ln the accompanying drawings: Figure-1 is a longitudinal section through the improved cigar holder showing the cigar in Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the main section of the holder. tional view of the end piece or smaller section of the holder.

The cigar holder contemplated in this invention comprises a main section 1 which is for the greater part cylindrical and of uniform diameter, the size thereof adapting it to receive and contain the larger portion of the cigar designated at 2. The outer end -of the section 1 is-preferably reduced or tapered to conform-to the shape of the lighted end of the cigar and is closed at such end except that it is provided with a large number of fine perforations 3A to admit oxygen to provide for proper combustion of the cigar and to prevent the same from becom.

ing extinguished. At its other end the section 1 is enlarged as shown at 4 and internally threaded as shown at 5 to'receive'the externally threaded flange 6 of the end piece or smaller section 7. In this way the two sections ofthe holder are detachable so that Fig. 3 is a sec-` they may be tted upon the cigar preparatory to smoking the same.

r[he end piece or smaller section 7 has a frusto-conical portion as shown at 8 and is provided upon the interior of the frusto conical part with shallow compressing threads 9`in-the form of spiral corrugations which are rounded adapting them to force their way into the body of the cigar as the end piece isforced upon the taperedend of the cigar, without in anyway mutilatin or injuring the cigar and its wrapper. This has the effect of confining the end piece or smaller section 7 tightly .around` the cigar so as to prevent the escape of ismoke adjacent to the mouth. l

1t will be understood that the end piece or section 7-is firstL securely placed upon the tapered end portion of the cigar in the manner illustrated in Fig. 1 and thereafter the main section l is placed pver the remainder of the cigar and coupled to the smaller section byk the means above described. The device thus answers the purpose of a cigar holder without the undesirable. feature of having a portion of the holder in the mouth. Furthermore' the holder retains the ashes therein and largely prevents the escape of smoke fromthe burning end, thus protecting in a large measure, the eyes especially while smoking during writing or reading periods. Since oxygen enters in large quantities only after the smoker draws his cigar, it naturally follows that the cigar is conserved; however, sui'licient air is admitted at all times to prevent the cigar from going out.

|lhe holder may of course be constructed f of any suitable non-inflammable material and as it is sectional it may be readily and thoroughly cleaned. Furthermore the smoker may carry a partially consumed cigar in the pocket without danger of'soiling the clothes. lt will be noted that the major portion of the main section of the cigar holder is imperforate and therefore well adapted to retain the ashes, preventing the same from sifting out of the holder. The main section ed yto receivethe externally threaded cyllndrical portion of the fuiste-conical end-piece or section as shown in Fig. 1. It will also be noted that in addition tothe externally threaded cylindrical portion, the end piece or smaller section is spirally corrugated to is formed at its open end with an internally `threaded enlargement which is desi lltll ing one end thereof closed and perforatedv drical main section adapted to receive andI hold the major portion of a cigar and havand the other end thereof open and provided With an internally threaded enlargement, the major portion of said main section being imperforate, and a separable frustoconical end piece or section having a cylindrical and externally lthreaded portion to screw into the threaded enlargement of the main section and another portion spirally corrugated to form internal cigar compressing and griping threads and corresponding external nger gripping threads.

In testimony whereof we ax our signai tures in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN V. ROWAN. ADOLPH ZAMRSKY.

Witnesses:

P. J. GLANZ, PETER OLsnN.` 

